$50/week Shopping

I try to keep a pretty tight weekly grocery budget for our family of 6.  I have strayed from sharing my weekly grocery hauls (I guess they aren't really hauls, but, whatever!), but I have recently had a few people asking me about how I do that, what do I get, what do I make, etc.  So, I figured I would try to get back into the habit of posting them at the end of each week. 

$37.05 was the total for my first trip.  We already had meat in the freezer so I didn't need to get any meat.  We did however need shampoo, conditioner and kids toothpaste. 

We were also able to stock up on some shredded cheese, pringles (this was a real treat!), potatoes and bread. 

This is not grocery related, but wanted to share.  :-)  I needed to get some ink for my printer and as always when I go into CVS I scan my care card and the scanner to see if there are any coupons available.  There was a $4.99 coupon for this acetaminophen which was on sale for $4.99.  FREE!!  WooHoo!!

When I got home, I realized I had a $5 off coupon for an ink cartridge so I returned the ink the next day and then bought it again, but used my coupon.  I got the ink for $17.49. 

I was disappointed with is quick trip.  One thing we always have in our cupboards are pasta and pasta sauce.  Well, I was making chicken parmesan for dinner and realized I didn't have any sauce.  I make a quick trip to our local store and had to pay $1.99 for this jar of pasta.  :(  This was a bit more than I would usually pay, so I was kind of bummed. 

This was my last trip and I was MEGA excited about this one!!  I am NOT a couponer, but recently a friend of mine and I were talking about it and she was telling me that she was trying couponing.  After chatting for a bit I was getting a bit excited and after looking a couple sites I started printing a couple coupons.  I don't like using coupons because I usually buy generic products and there aren't many coupons for store brand items.  So I thought......

As I started looking I found several coupons for the generic store brand items I had on my list!!  This got me pretty excited.  I was able to combine all sorts of sales and coupons and finish off my week with a trip that cost me $8.85!!  I saved over $21.00!!  This has gotten me motivated to try couponing a little more.  Am I going to go crazy?  NO, but I won't rule it out completely.  ;-)